# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Nanophase Technologies Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2024087688` · 8/20/2024 · ROMEOVILLE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by object handled by person  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Nanophase Technologies Corporation
- **Location:** 1319 Marquette Drive, ROMEOVILLE, ILLINOIS, 60446
- **NAICS:** 325180
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 20, 2024, at approximately 7:50 PM, an employee was manually positioning a 330-gallon tote on top of another 330-gallon tote when their right middle finger became caught between the two totes resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*